coat beaver

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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beaver pelts from a beaver coat.

Quotations

1679

Resolved Upon Debate that all our Beavor both Coat and Parchment shall be exposed at the same time to Publique sale. . . .

1795

The sixth is the Coat beaver, which is worn till it is half greased, and is worth 4s. 6d. per Pound.

1958

It was castor gras, the greasy coat beaver, which was promised from Hudson's Bay. . . .